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Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops)


Class: Mammalia
Family: Cercopithecidae
Common Name: Grivet
Genus: Chlorocebus
Species Name: aethiops

About The Grivet

Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) are found from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to South Africa. These monkeys are found in northeast Africa from the Red Sea near Tokar, south through Abyssinia as far as 5 degrees north, and west to the eastern range of the Tantalus. (Hill,1965)

Biogeographic Regions: ethiopian (Native )



Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors
Bibliographic Citation: Rochester, M. 1999. "Chlorocebus aethiops" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at Citation Link

Trips Where Observed

Africa: Egypt and Ethiopia

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Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
1/6/2011
Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops)
Very habituated monkeys around our hotel room.

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